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Oakville Beaver, 10 May 2012, p. 32

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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, May 10, 2012 · 32 U17 Thunder girls earn provincial silver The Oakville Thunder under-17 Blue girls' volleyball team recently earned silver at the provincial championships. After going 4-2 in pool play, the Thunder posted straight-set victories over Mountain V.C. (quarterfinals) and Tigers Black (semifinals). Facing Durham Region V.C. in the final, Oakville won the first set 25-12 before Durham tied the match with a 25-22 win. The third and deciding set was tied 13-13 in the late going, but Durham scored the final two points of the match to deny Oakville the gold. Members of the Thunder are Kendra Wynter, Logan Hannay, Tonia Nimeck, Emily Rynberk, Courtney Brand, Jennee Morassut, Amy Horikawa, Ola Murawska, Ana Tarnouskaya and Amanda Brown. Alan Muliyl and Mike Wynter coach the team, and Sandy McKnight is the team's manager. Good start for Lewis, Canada recent girls' hockey tournament in Hamilton. DOMINANT EFFORT: Outscoring their opposition by a 17-2 margin, the Oakville bantam BB Hornets won a Bantam Hornets romp to tournament gold The Oakville bantam BB Hornets recently concluded a strong girls' hockey season by winning gold at a tournament in Hamilton. Oakville outscored its opponents 17-2 en route to four straight wins, including a 5-0 blanking of the Windsor Wildcats in the final. Members of the team are Lara Werbowski, Sydney Davison, Taylor Davison, Francesca Griffin, Liz O'Hara, Erin Murray, Pagie Strychaluk, Victoria Nguyen-Kim, Sophie Schneider, Lauren Waldbillig, Sophine Nasato, Emma Schwichtenberg, Shayleen Feeney, Shannon Hundt, Brianna Conn and Lara Kuipers. Andrew Werbowski, Kevin Waldbillig, Ron Davison and Ron Kuipers coach the Hornets. Rose Waldbillig, Janet Schwichtenberg and Linda Nasato are the trainers, and Kerry Schwichtenberg is the manager. Oakville's Dan Lewis helped Canada win its first two games at an Olympic men's volleyball qualifying tournament in California. Canada, ranked 18th in the world, needs to win the seven-team Americas tournament to qualify for the Olympics. Canada got off to a good start, beating 46th-ranked Dominican Republic Monday and then downing 17th-ranked Puerto Rico Tuesday. The team was scheduled to face world No. 5 Cuba last night (Wednesday) in its final contest of pool play. "Dan is our leader on defence," Canadian head coach Glenn Hoag said of Lewis, a libero, after Tuesday's win. "He really keeps it organized, and he was really well concentrated and had a super game." All tournament matches are carried live with play-by-play at www. usavlive.com. Canada has not sent a men's volleyball team to the Olympics since 1992.

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